Also, it's not their first single in 6 years, as the "Do Ya Thing" single they did with James Murphy and Andre 3000 dropped in 2012. If you haven't listened to it, it's 13 minutes of pure bonkers lunacy and catchy as hell, and way more fun than this track…
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Shawn Levy also took on a few of them, and his generally hackiness didn't seem to rub off on his episodes.

Yeah, this is pretty much spot on.

After seeing it, my friends and I have decided, with full confidence, to declare "Monster Trucks" the next great American novel.

This story made me laugh because it reminded me of a real story that happened to a kinda-friend of mine in high school. He was hanging out with this dude in freshman year, and they wanted some candy but didn't have any money, so the other guy goes "I've got this." He picks up two bags of chocolate, then puts on a toy…

The only CD I ever actually owned that had one was TMBG's Factory Showroom, though they wound up sticking the track on a rarities comp a few years later.

That was kind of part of the idea behind "Zaireeka" too, in that the 4 CDs were meant to make a janky surround sound system, but due to human error in syncing, as well as the fact that every boombox reads discs at a slightly different speed that can change a bit while playing, no two listenings would ever be the same.…

To be fair, the Flaming Lips knew how absurd the whole song idea was, and made a 50 minute cut from the composition, split into like 10 different tracks and it is some very very cool mood music generally. Also has at least one stone cold classic song imo that Lips fans should check out called "Can't Shut Off My Head": …

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it!

Prince was always a huge, towering hero of mine music–wise, and an inspiration on a personal level for letting his freak flag fly and raging against heteronormativity and the status quo. His death hit me like a ton of bricks. When I heard the news of him dying, I literally immediately (after crying a bit) showered,…

Ah, okay, gotcha! I also didn't watch the Globes, and while I think that the movie is quite good, I agree that it doesn't deserve (if not necessarily acclaim) all the hardware its likely to get in lieu of many of the other more deserving films in contention. But I've seen the sentiment you expressed more earnestly and…

Speaking of Lips, it's pretty weird that they decided not to run a review of the new Flaming Lips album after covering every single that's dropped for it thus far… Though their inexplicable gaps in music coverage is nothing new, and I get when they run big pop album reviews because it drives traffic, it's just doesn't…

To be fair, it apparently took ages to fund, and they did undergo multiple attempts to get it made — "Whiplash" (a better movie anyway, imo) was apparently only made because it was easier to sell and he thought it could be a stepping stone to getting "La La Land" made. I'm just kind of tired of the "why was it so hard…

Oh hell yeah, me too. I'm not a very good player on the chops side of things, but I love my JM because it sounds great and distinctive while clean, but can get some real crazy otherworldly sounds when played right and through my chain. Playing behind the bridge with the whammy through a Phase 90, a good helping of…

They've been pushing the compression pretty far lately, though for Embryonic and The Terror it made sense, as they were dark and intentionally prickly/abrasive records. Don't know why they're still doing it here.

It's not super recent, but he was phenomenal in "I Love You Phillip Morris." It was a role that called for a very delicate combo of slapstick, verbal hammery, and genuine pathos that he pulled off perfectly. One of the most underrated comedies (or hell, maybe even movies) of the past 10 years imo.

Being both a book reader, and someone who knows plenty of people who never read them and like the movies just fine, I've wondered this too. I think I've come to the conclusion that book readers, to a certain extent, overestimate how hard this stuff is to follow. After all, the movies are based on a series of…

Radcliffe was pretty much just functional I thought for the most part throughout those movies, but he's been doing some great indie work in recent years. "Swiss Army Man," in particular, featured a phenomenal performance from him, in terms of the comedic timing, physicality, and dramatic chops he displayed.

Also, this movie came out when I was in a big film score phase, and its OST is surprisingly great. I'm reminded because the piece for the credits is one of my absolute favorites: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

He was excellent in "Cosmopolis" for sure. Also, the dude played guitar with Death Grips, so I can't rag on him at all, really.